Best Paediatric Intensive Care Unit(PICU) in India

Introduction

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), a quaternary level critical care service at Kokilaben Hospital is located on the 8 floor and is spread over 4000 sq feet area.. Each cubicle has windows, providing natural light to every bedside.

The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit is a 10-bed, family-centred, regional referral centre for paediatric intensive care. The unit is staffed by a full-time paediatric intensivist and paediatric critical care nurses, each certified in Paediatric Advanced Life Support. Paediatric specialists, in various medical and surgical specialties, are available for immediate consultation.

The PICU staff is especially sensitive to the needs of both children and parents. To help ease the stress that illness and medical emergencies cause for families, the unit provides facilities for one parent to remain with their child overnight.

Expertise

Highly-specialised intensive care team for children of all ages (upto 18 years) suffering from an acute life-threatening illness.
This multidisciplinary medical team provides critical care for the entire range of paediatric subspeciality services, e.g. Cardiology, Neurology, Surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery etc
State-of-the-art infrastructure and equipment.
- Multiparameter monitoring
- End-tidal carbondioxide monitors
- Bronchoscope
- Conventional ventilators
- High frequency ventilator
- Transport ventilator
- Inhaled nitric oxide delivery system
- Pediatric Dialysis (CRRT) machines
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) Ultrasound machines

Integrated services and features

Multi-specialty medical team for the day-to-day care of children
Paediatric surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardiac surgery, ENT surgery
Consultations from almost every paediatric sub-specialty
Ventilation (Regular, HFOV)
Procedural sedation
Post-operative care after any major surgery, with advanced haemodynamic monitoring
Critical care for paediatric trauma
Dialysis services
Diagnostic services for children with complex medical problems
Transfusion services
Intravenous complete nutrition
Genetic workup
Transport: A dedicated ambulance and team have been put in place for the transfer of sick children to our PICU
Follow-up services with our paediatric out-patient facilities
Innovative treatment through research protocols

Care in the PICU is complemented by a comprehensive group of Paediatric Specialists

Paediatric surgery
Cardiology
Cardiothoracic surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Genetics
Haematology/Oncology
Infectious diseases
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedic surgery
Otolaryngology
Plastic surgery
Pulmonary medicine
Hepatobliliary specialists and transplant team
Nephrology and Urology
Paediatric surgery

Supported by

Nurses trained in Paediatric Critical Care
Support services: Dietician, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist
Internationally Trained and experienced Paediatric Intensivists

Why Kokilaben Hospital

Survival rates consistently at 96-97% (at par with global standards)
Multiple Severe ARDS treated with High-frequency ventilation Severe ARDS and pneumonia - treated with ECMO Level III neurocritical care
Multi-organ failure treated with CRRT (Dialysis) Postoperative liver transplants
Multiple Polytrauma patients with good neurological outcomes